1997 English cricket season
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[edit] Overview
The 1997 English cricket season centred on the six Test Ashes series against Australia. England won the first, at Edgbaston, by the decisive margin of nine wickets, and the rain-affected second Test at Lord's was drawn, but any English optimism was short-lived. Australia won the next three games by huge margins to secure the series and retain the Ashes, and England's three-day victory in the final game at The Oval was little more than a consolation prize. The three-match ODI series which preceded the Tests produced a statistical curiosity, with England winning each match by an identical margin, six wickets.
The County Championship went to Glamorgan for the first time since 1969, by a margin of just four points from Kent. The combination of captain Matthew Maynard and Steve James' batting and Waqar Younis' and Steve Watkin's bowling propelled them to the title, although the matter was not settled until the final match of the season, when Glamorgan's maximum-points thrashing of Somerset at Taunton ensured that Kent's own victory over Surrey was irrelevant.
In one-day cricket, Warwickshire won the AXA Life League by two points from Kent, but were themselves thrashed by nine wickets by Essex in the final of the NatWest Trophy. The honours in the Benson & Hedges Cup went to Surrey, who beat Kent by eight wickets in the final.
Ali Brown's 203 for Surrey in the AXA Life League against Hampshire in July remains the only double century ever scored in a 40-over List A match. [1]
[edit] Honours
- County Championship - Glamorgan
- NatWest Trophy - Essex
- Sunday League - Warwickshire
- Benson & Hedges Cup -
- Minor Counties Championship - Devon
- MCCA Knockout Trophy - Norfolk
- Second XI Championship - Lancashire II
- Wisden - Matthew Elliott, Stuart Law, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Maynard, Graham Thorpe
[edit] Statistical highlights
[edit] First-class
- Highest team total: 631/7 dec by Warwickshire v Hampshire at Southampton, 29–30 May
- Lowest team total: 31 by Glamorgan v Middlesex at Cardiff, 14 June
- Highest individual innings: 303* by Graeme Hick (Worcestershire) v Hampshire at Southampton, 18–19 September
- Most runs in season: 1,775 by Steve James (Glamorgan)
- Best innings bowling: 9-64 by Melvyn Betts (Durham) v Northamptonshire at Northampton, 28 August
- Most wickets in season: 83 by Mike Smith (Gloucestershire and England)
[edit] List A
- Highest team total: 371/6 (50 overs) by Leicestershire v Scotland at Leicester, 28 April
- Lowest team total: 53 by Ireland v Yorkshire at Leeds, 24 June
- Highest individual innings: 203 by Ali Brown (Surrey) v Hampshire at Guildford, 20 July
- Most runs in season: 1,088 by Stuart Law (Essex)
- Best innings bowling: 7-24 by Mushtaq Ahmed (Somerset) v Ireland at Taunton, 2 May
- Most wickets in season: 53 by Allan Donald (Warwickshire)
[edit] Tables
[edit] County Championship
Points awarded: Win: 16 points. Draw: 3 points. Draw with scores level (DrT): 8 points. Draw in one-innings game (Dr1): 8 points. Abandoned: 3 points.
Britannic Assurance County Championship, 1997 | |||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Lst | Drn | DrT | Dr1 | Abd | BatB | BwlB | Pts | ||
1 | Glamorgan | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 57 | 256 | ||
2 | Kent | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 60 | 252 | ||
3 | Worcestershire | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 54 | 228 | ||
4= | Middlesex | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 56 | 219 | ||
4= | Warwickshire | 17 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 51 | 219 | ||
6 | Yorkshire | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 54 | 215 | ||
7 | Gloucestershire | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 60 | 206 | ||
8= | Essex | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 55 | 192 | ||
8= | Surrey | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 52 | 192 | ||
10 | Leicestershire | 17 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 54 | 191 | ||
11 | Lancashire | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 54 | 186 | ||
12 | Somerset | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 64 | 183 | ||
13 | Nottinghamshire | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 55 | 175 | ||
14 | Hampshire | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 41 | 158 | ||
15 | Northamptonshire | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 48 | 156 | ||
16 | Derbyshire | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 59 | 141 | ||
17 | Durham | 17 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 56 | 131 | ||
18 | Sussex | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 57 | 115 |
[edit] AXA Life League
Points awarded: Win: 4 points. Tie / No Result / Abandoned: 2 points.
NRR = Net Run Rate: runs per 100 balls scored less runs per 100 balls conceded, adjusting to team's full allocation if all out, and including no result matches.
AXA Life League, 1997 | |||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Tie | Lst | NoR | Abd | Pts | NRR | ||||
1 | Warwickshire | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 14.141 | ||||
2 | Kent | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 7.709 | ||||
3 | Lancashire | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1.894 | ||||
4 | Leicestershire | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 7.116 | ||||
5 | Surrey | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 1.061 | ||||
6 | Somerset | 17 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 4.316 | ||||
7 | Essex | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 40 | –2.382 | ||||
8 | Worcestershire | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 6.871 | ||||
9 | Northamptonshire | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 2.789 | ||||
10 | Yorkshire | 17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 5.249 | ||||
11 | Gloucestershire | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 1.011 | ||||
12 | Nottinghamshire | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 34 | –0.199 | ||||
13 | Glamorgan | 17 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | –4.016 | ||||
14 | Derbyshire | 17 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | –3.047 | ||||
15 | Hampshire | 17 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | –4.733 | ||||
16 | Middlesex | 17 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 20 | –8.287 | ||||
17 | Durham | 17 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | –12.273 | ||||
18 | Sussex | 17 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | –16.724 |
[edit] Averages
[edit] First-class
[edit] Batting
Qualification: eight innings
English first-class batting averages, 1997 | |||||||||||||
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Player | Team(s) | M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | ||||
Graeme Hick | Worcestershire | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1,524 | 303* | 69.27 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Steve James | Glamorgan | 18 | 30 | 4 | 1,775 | 162 | 68.26 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Matthew Maynard | Glamorgan | 18 | 25 | 7 | 1,170 | 161* | 65.00 | 3 | 7 | ||||
Ricky Ponting | Australia | 8 | 12 | 3 | 571 | 127 | 63.44 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Darren Lehmann | Yorkshire | 17 | 27 | 2 | 1,575 | 182 | 63.00 | 4 | 10 | ||||
Neil Johnson | Leicestershire | 12 | 18 | 5 | 819 | 150 | 63.00 | 2 | 5 |
[edit] Bowling
Qualification: ten wickets
English first-class bowling averages, 1997 | |||||||||||||
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Player | Team(s) | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | ||||
Hamish Anthony | MCC | 252 | 11 | 113 | 10 | 6-34 | 11.30 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Allan Donald | Warwickshire | 2,327 | 123 | 928 | 60 | 6-55 | 15.63 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Mike Smith | England, Gloucestershire | 3,074 | 125 | 1,464 | 83 | 6-45 | 17.63 | 5 | 3 | ||||
Paul Reiffel | Australia | 1,132 | 49 | 520 | 28 | 5-49 | 18.27 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Kevan James | Hampshire | 967 | 37 | 504 | 27 | 8-49 | 18.66 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Saqlain Mushtaq | Surrey | 1,529 | 75 | 617 | 32 | 5-17 | 19.28 | 4 | 2 |
[edit] List A
[edit] Batting
Qualification: eight innings
English List A batting averages, 1997 | |||||||||||||
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Player | Team(s) | M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | ||||
Mike Roseberry | Durham | 10 | 9 | 5 | 252 | 91* | 63.00 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Chris Adams | Derbyshire | 19 | 19 | 3 | 988 | 138 | 61.75 | 5 | 3 | ||||
Neil Fairbrother | Lancashire | 20 | 20 | 7 | 792 | 88 | 60.92 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Kim Barnett | Derbyshire | 16 | 14 | 1 | 751 | 112* | 57.76 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Rob Bailey | Northamptonshire | 23 | 22 | 5 | 859 | 153* | 50.52 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Matthew Hayden | Hampshire | 23 | 22 | 1 | 920 | 120* | 46.66 | 3 | 4 |
[edit] Bowling
Qualification: ten wickets
English List A bowling averages, 1997 | |||||||||||||
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Player | Team(s) | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | |||||
Allan Donald | Warwickshire | 1,116 | 21 | 718 | 53 | 5-10 | 13.54 | 3 | |||||
Peter Martin | Lancashire | 998 | 20 | 649 | 43 | 5-21 | 15.09 | 2 | |||||
David Leatherdale | Worcestershire | 663 | 5 | 512 | 32 | 5-10 | 16.00 | 1 | |||||
Devon Malcolm | Derbyshire | 378 | 6 | 262 | 16 | 7-35 | 16.37 | 1 | |||||
Phil Newport | Worcestershire | 606 | 13 | 370 | 22 | 4-37 | 16.81 | 0 | |||||
Darren Gough | England, Yorkshire | 1,061 | 12 | 752 | 41 | 7-27 | 18.34 | 2 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Individual Scores of 150 and More in a ListA Match. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
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